Name: Beau Is Afraid
Director: Ari Aster
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Released: 2023
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Apr 14	#13	$141K		—	$141K	4	$35.3K	1
Sat Apr 15	#-	$101K	-29%	—	$242K	4	$25.2K	2
Sun Apr 16	#14	$79K	-22%	—	$320K	4	$19.6K	3
Mon Apr 17	#-	$43K	-45%	—	$363K	4	$10.8K	4
Tue Apr 18	#-	$31K	-29%	—	$394K	4	$7.7K	5
Wed Apr 19	#-	$24K	-20%	—	$419K	4	$6.1K	6
Thu Apr 20	#-	$18K	-28%	—	$436K	4	$4.4K	7
Fri Apr 21	#7	$1.14M	+6%	+707%	$2.01M	965	$1.2K	8
Sat Apr 22	#9	$898K	-21%	+792%	$2.91M	965	$931	9
Sun Apr 23	#10	$625K	-30%	+696%	$3.53M	965	$648	10
Mon Apr 24	#9	$271K	-57%	+531%	$3.81M	965	$281	11
Tue Apr 25	#10	$319K	+18%	+938%	$4.12M	965	$331	12
Wed Apr 26	#9	$269K	-16%	+1%	$4.39M	965	$279	13
Thu Apr 27	#7	$251K	-7%	+1%	$4.64M	965	$260	14
Fri Apr 28	#-	$469K	+87%	-59%	$5.11M	2,125	$221	15
Sat Apr 29	#-	$571K	+22%	-36%	$5.68M	2,125	$269	16
Sun Apr 30	#-	$444K	-22%	-29%	$6.13M	2,125	$209	17
Mon May 1	#-	$181K	-59%	-33%	$6.31M	2,125	$85	18
Tue May 2	#-	$220K	+21%	-31%	$6.53M	2,125	$104	19
Wed May 3	#-	$196K	-11%	-27%	$6.73M	2,125	$92	20
Thu May 4	#-	$120K	-39%	-52%	$6.85M	2,125	$57	21
Fri May 5	#-	$113K	-6%	-76%	$6.96M	510	$221	22
Sat May 6	#-	$156K	+38%	-73%	$7.11M	510	$305	23
Sun May 7	#-	$126K	-19%	-72%	$7.24M	510	$246	24
Mon May 8	#-	$61K	-51%	-66%	$7.30M	510	$120	25
Tue May 9	#-	$72K	+18%	-67%	$7.37M	510	$142	26
Wed May 10	#-	$62K	-15%	-69%	$7.44M	510	$121	27
Thu May 11	#-	$50K	-19%	-58%	$7.49M	510	$98	28
Fri May 12	#-	$56K	+11%	-51%	$7.54M	246	$226	29
Sat May 13	#-	$73K	+32%	-53%	$7.61M	246	$297	30
Sun May 14	#-	$59K	-20%	-53%	$7.67M	246	$238	31
Mon May 15	#-	$35K	-40%	-43%	$7.71M	246	$143	32
Tue May 16	#-	$38K	+9%	-47%	$7.75M	246	$155	33
Wed May 17	#-	$38K		-38%	$7.78M	246	$155	34
Thu May 18	#-	$31K	-19%	-38%	$7.81M	246	$126	35
Fri May 19	#-	$26K	-16%	-53%	$7.84M	136	$190	36
Sat May 20	#-	$41K	+59%	-44%	$7.88M	136	$303	37
Sun May 21	#-	$33K	-19%	-43%	$7.92M	136	$246	38
Mon May 22	#-	$20K	-41%	-44%	$7.94M	136	$145	39
Tue May 23	#-	$18K	-7%	-52%	$7.95M	136	$135	40
Wed May 24	#-	$19K	+4%	-50%	$7.97M	136	$141	41
Thu May 25	#-	$16K	-16%	-48%	$7.99M	136	$117	42
Fri May 26	#-	$20K	+24%	-24%	$8.01M	136	$145	43
Sat May 27	#-	$25K	+24%	-40%	$8.03M	136	$181	44
Sun May 28	#-	$20K	-20%	-41%	$8.05M	136	$144	45
Mon May 29	#-	$17K	-11%	-12%	$8.07M	136	$128	46
Tue May 30	#-	$14K	-19%	-23%	$8.08M	136	$104	47
Wed May 31	#-	$13K	-8%	-32%	$8.10M	136	$96	48
Thu Jun 1	#13	$11K	-15%	-30%	$8.11M	136	$82	49
Fri Jun 2	#-	$11K	+1%	-43%	$8.12M	136	$83	50
Sat Jun 3	#-	$16K	+39%	-36%	$8.14M	136	$115	51
Sun Jun 4	#-	$15K	-4%	-24%	$8.15M	136	$110	52
Mon Jun 5	#-	$7K	-51%	-58%	$8.16M	136	$54	53
Tue Jun 6	#-	$7K	-5%	-51%	$8.16M	136	$51	54
Wed Jun 7	#-	$7K	-5%	-49%	$8.17M	136	$49	55
Thu Jun 8	#-	$5K	-19%	-51%	$8.18M	136	$40	56

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Apr 14-16	14	$320K	—	$320K	4	$80.1K	1
Apr 21-23	9	$2.66M	+730.8%	$3.53M	965	$2.8K	2
Apr 28-30	-	$1.48M	-44.2%	$6.13M	2,125	$699	3
May 5-7	-	$394K	-73.4%	$7.24M	510	$773	4
May 12-14	-	$187K	-52.5%	$7.67M	246	$761	5
May 19-21	-	$101K	-46.3%	$7.92M	136	$739	6
May 26-28	-	$64K	-36.4%	$8.05M	136	$470	7
Jun 2-4	-	$42K	-34.5%	$8.15M	136	$308	8

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAri Aster

ScreenplayAri Aster

Produced byLars Knudsen, Ari Aster

CinematographyPawel Pogorzelski

Music byBobby Krlic

StarringJoaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone, Parker Posey

StudioA24 / Square Peg

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